SOC435 Social anthropology and city

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Adéla Souralová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Timetable
Thu 16:00–17:40 U35
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to understand contribution of social anthropology for study of urban environment;
to learn modes of social integration in the city;
to discuss problems of social exlusion in the city.
Key topics
  • 1) Introduction to the course; anthropologists in the city
  • 2) Ghetto and culture of poverty
  • 3) Gated Communities
  • 4) Urbanism and urban planing. Disciplining urban space
  • 5) Transformation of the city
  • 6) Public space in the city
  • 7) Global megapolis
  • 8) Sacralization of urban center
  • 9) Brownfields
Study resources and literature
  • HANNERZ, Ulf. Exploring the city :inquiries toward an urban anthropology. New York: Columbia University Press, 1980, x, 378 s. ISBN 0-231-08376-9. info
  • WACQUANT, Loïc. Urban outcasts : a comparative sociology of advanced marginality. First published. Cambridge: Polity, 2008, xii, 342. ISBN 9780745631257. info
  • HANNERZ, Ulf. Soulside : inquiries into ghetto culture and community. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004, 246 s. ISBN 0226315762. info
  • LEFEBVRE, Henri. The production of space. Translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998, 454 s. ISBN 0-631-18177-6. info
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
3 essays (1.200 words); group project; oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/dok/rfmgr.pl?fakulta=1423;obdobi=4043;kod=SOC435;furl=%2Fel%2F1423%2Fjaro2008%2FSOC435%2F
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Spring 2007.
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